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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
on 16 June (HL568), whether they will make available annually information about (1)
how many certificates of sponsorship for immigration entry clearance are granted to
each licensed sponsoring employer, (2) how long licences are valid, and (3) the top
50 employment categories within which the individual certificates are granted in each
year.

<p>There are no plans to publish data regarding how many certificates of sponsorship
for immigration entry clearance are granted to each licensed sponsoring employer.</p><p>There
is no requirement to publish annual information regarding how long sponsor licences
are valid for as all sponsor licences are issued for four years, as set out in the
published sponsor guidance.</p><p>Sponsorship data by tier and industry type is already
published as part of the immigration statistics quarterly releases on the gov.uk website.
However there are no plans to specifically publish the top 50 employment categories
within which the individual certificates are granted in each year.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the
cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free (a) swimming and (b) other
leisure services to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been
fully rolled out.

<p>I refer the hon member to the answer that I gave on 24 October to the hon member
for South Down:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=208391"
target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=208391</a></p><p>
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment
of the accuracy of the claim made by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty
and human rights that real time information data has a 2 per cent rate of inaccuracy;
and if he will make a statement.

<p>The reference to two percent within the UN Special Rapporteur report on extreme
poverty and human rights relates to the impact of incorrect and late Real Time Information
(RTI) on Universal Credit claimants. HMRC and DWP work closely to monitor and drive
improvements. DWP agree the statement that about 2% of UC claimants, where the claimant
and/or their partner are in work, are affected by misreported earnings.</p>

<p>Universal Credit replaces an outdated system of six different benefits, ensuring
it always pays to work. We’ve scrapped the seven waiting days for Universal Credit
so that people get their payments faster, and we’ve increased advances so everyone
who needs it can get their first month’s pay within five days.</p>

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary
of State for Work and Pensions on the potential costs to the public purse of implementing
changes to universal credit's automated systems in response to the High Court decision
in R (Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart) v SSWP CO/1552/2018.

<p>I understand that the Department for Work and Pensions is carefully considering
the High Court’s Judgment and it is therefore not appropriate to comment on this case,
which is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions.</p>

<p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget
2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC
begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities
on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work
allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24.
No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances
over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s
distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect
on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures.
Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment
provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows
that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited
households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining
the most as a percentage of net income.</p>

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the
distributional effect by decile of the work allowance increase announced in Budget
2018; and what proportional increase in the income of each income decile will be.

<p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget
2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC
begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities
on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work
allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24.
No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances
over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s
distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect
on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures.
Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment
provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows
that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited
households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining
the most as a percentage of net income.</p>

<p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget
2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC
begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities
on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work
allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24.
No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances
over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s
distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect
on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures.
Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment
provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows
that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited
households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining
the most as a percentage of net income.</p>

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the
distributional effect of a further £1,000 increase to the same work allowances which
were increased in Budget 2018 on the percentage increase in the incomes of each decile.

<p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget
2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC
begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities
on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work
allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24.
No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances
over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s
distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect
on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures.
Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment
provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows
that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited
households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining
the most as a percentage of net income.</p>